The genre extolls the virtue of staying close to your home town. “Five O’Clock Somewhere” was part of a wave of hits that envisioned an escape to the seaside.
The Canadian rapper releases his comeback record—alongside two surprise albums. Regrets from the past few years rise to the surface, but he sounds best when he’s having fun.
The Tennessee rapper reflects on sobriety, the scrutiny he faced after his sexuality was publicized, and a new album that fittingly covers his past five years: “It’s Been Awful.”
Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.
Listeners can’t quite tell whether Kanye West’s new album, “Bully,” uses A.I. But the question of what the “real” Ye sounds like has never been simple.
